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A Politically Correct Holiday Wish

12/17/2013 1:49 PM

Yes,sadly, it has come to this:

Politically Correct Holiday Wishes (with warranty)

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.May you have a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2002, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped to make America great (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, political belief, sexual preferences, or gender identity of the wishee.(By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for themselves, herself, himself, itself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.)

No animals,plants,or insects were harmed during the preparation of this wish,however, some electrons may have been inconvenienced.

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12/17/2013 2:00 PM

edit post to 2014 ??

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12/17/2013 7:44 PM

My editor was offended because you found an error that he overlooked,but was glad that you marked the correction as off-topic to minimize the offense.

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12/18/2013 11:20 AM

That's OK, I helped make it on topic.

Cheers !! (Assmuming one wishes to imbibe . . . oh, dear. What have I started?)

P.S. Thanks for posting. I plan to plagarize it.

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12/07/2023 12:05 PM

No prob!

"We all plagiarize from the day we learn to speak."..Mark Twain

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12/12/2023 5:55 PM

But if I am going to plagiarize, I ought to get the spelling correct.

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Re: A Politically Correct Holiday Wish

12/17/2013 2:09 PM

Happy Festivus,

where we all dance around the Festivus Pole, and air our grievances, Feats of Strength and Festivus Miracles……

So Happy Festivus, for the Rest of us!

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12/17/2013 4:12 PM

In accordance with the warranty, here is your replacement wish:

Happy Festivus!

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12/17/2013 2:22 PM

It could have begun "Without Prejudice"!

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12/07/2023 12:08 PM

..OR malice aforethought...

My legalese is a little rusty..no offense to anyone named Rusty.

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12/17/2013 2:26 PM

bah humbug

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12/17/2013 11:37 PM

I'll 'second' your Bah Humbug, and add my own BAH HUMBUG!

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12/17/2013 2:35 PM

I find your single spacing, both annoying and offensive.

<sarc>

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12/17/2013 2:43 PM

I find your lack of conviction offensive.....

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12/17/2013 3:17 PM

Hallmark are gonna find you.....

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12/17/2013 3:28 PM

Happy Holidays.

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12/17/2013 4:09 PM

I am offended by anyone that finds this post offensive.And if my offense at your being offended offends you even more, then I likewise am offended even more than if you simply accepted my offense at face value.If,however, you intend to be perpetually offended,I will have no choice but to extend my offense one degree further,ad naseum,(which is fast approaching).

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12/17/2013 4:11 PM

With all this offense going on,......... The Dallas Cowboys would like to talk to you.......

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12/17/2013 4:43 PM

..and Debbie wants a paternity test .

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12/17/2013 5:21 PM

And the test comes back inconclusive, then what? : O

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12/18/2013 3:31 AM

Ah, but this is an inclusive Christmas thread- everyone gets to play !

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12/18/2013 7:44 AM

And everyone did play ...

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12/21/2013 5:11 AM

That's why English football has an offside rule .

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12/13/2023 7:21 AM

For the whole team?

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12/14/2023 3:04 AM

The answer to that question is… yes.

But, it has to be quick, she has an another appointment in 15 minutes.
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12/17/2013 4:23 PM

I accept your pretense of offence and applaud your parlance....but refuse to dance to your holiday nonsense unless of course you have a reason that makes sense....

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12/18/2013 3:34 PM

You beat me too it. I second the motion. Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.

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12/07/2023 12:17 PM

In my personal opinion,to which I am currently entitled,political correctness should be strictly for politicians,and not be forced on the rest of the population by a few dandelions,that go any which way the wind blows(Apologies to the dandelion plants).

When a single non politically correct word can end a career,it has gone too far,as I say,IMHO..

See disclaimer on my original post.

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12/07/2023 12:20 PM

$$$ Money is why.$$$

If you ever want to know WHY? or WHY NOT? the answer is usually MONEY!

Everyone makes money during all holidays

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12/19/2013 5:45 AM

And ad infinitum, too....

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12/17/2013 8:05 PM

Whats wrong with: "Merry Christmas!"

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12/06/2023 7:47 PM

Nothing.

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12/07/2023 12:24 PM

Absolutely nothing,IMHO,and I refuse to buy from any store that uses "Merry Xmas"

and leaves out the reason for the season.

If everyone did this,they would change their minds,and it would be not be politically correct to use Xmas.

$$$$rules!$$$

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12/18/2013 4:25 AM

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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12/18/2013 6:56 AM

I wish you a very Merry Christmass and may Gods blessings shine down apon you. If you are offended by my well wishes and joviality, then that is sad. I'll pray for you anyway.

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12/18/2013 1:56 PM

Being politically correct is for those that need glass belly buttons.

All these holiday greetings and wishes should be taken in the spirit they were given. Not taken with religious overtones.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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12/06/2023 7:55 PM

Ten years later, this has probably become more important than ever.

May I suggest that on the second line that we change "gender neutral" to "gender inclusive"?

And prefix "equitable" to "celebration of the winter solstice holiday," on line two.

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12/07/2023 4:56 AM

You are right about the years later, although if you pick a year, you'll be outdated before you post the thread because we're going downhill so fast.

And yeah we could preface line two with equitable, but I'm hard-pressed to know why we'd bother.

Feed the trolls, and they will always want more. I'm of that persuasion that says, starve the trolls, or beat them into submission, and then do your best to ignore their whining.

Of course, it is loud whining!

Don't forget the ear plugs

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12/13/2023 7:37 AM

There is a round table of offenses in the world,with each participant pointing to the other,and round and round it goes...where it stops nobody knows..except when everything goes...

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12/14/2023 3:13 AM

I like story’s that evolves…

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